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ISS Crew Floats Back to Earth

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Monday, October 31, 2016: Expedition 49 crew members safely returned to Earth after spending 115 days aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) touched down near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday (Oct. 30). — Hanneke Weitering

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